More adults nowadays are being cautious toward the genre of book that their children are reading. Parents fear the books that are chosen to be read by children might have an effect on their natural behavior and the way they learn. Book stores tend to have much more dramatic title and covers to persuade the reader to buy the book and read it. Many adults believe Sherman Alexie’s “The absolutely true diary of a part time indian” is completely inappropriate because of it’s use of bad language and should be limited from student libraries. I believe that the book T.A.T.D.O.A.P.T.I. by Sherman Alexie shouldn’t be limited towards the 8th graders and up because there are a substantial amount of teens that go through the same situations as Junior (the main character). This book can make people feel good about themselves and to be confident. In addition, this book can also distribute some suggestions on how solve or take good care of your problems.
The reason why Sherman Alexie’s “The absolutely true diary of a part time indian” shouldn’t be limited towards 8th and above graders because this book can make people feel good about themselves and to be confident. To begin with, in the comment section of the article “Why the best kids books are written in blood” an anonymous person stated “This article is just one more reason why Alexie is and will always be my hero” this proves that this book has helped people in times of trouble. In addition, this allows people out there with the same situations to know that they aren’t alone in this process and therefore, they should be much more confident talking about about it to others. However, people view Alexie has a leader because of how honest, humorous, hopeful his stories are. Basically in his stories he’s saying that there’s always hope in a situation for example, on page 52-53 Junior and Rowdy’s friendship are torn apart because of Junior leaving the Rez and entering a new high school, Rearden. But after a couple of days they were friends again because of hope, they never gave up on their friendship.
Secondly, This book can distribute a substantial amount of suggestions to help solve problems towards the readers for a myriad of reasons. To begin with, in the article “Why the best kid books are written in blood” in the comment section somebody wrote “Best book ever. Helped me get through some hard times”. This quotation proves that the reader took advice from junior’s troubles and used it such as nothing is stronger than friendship or on what to do in a new school. In addition, when you think about it this book is a like a physical therapist identifying what’s wrong and trying to find a way to help. On page 120, there’s a guide on how to pretend you’re not poor. On that page he basically comes up with false statements as an excuse to not attend field trip, dances etc. Finally, to me this book is a guide to help with situations that may be similar to yours.
Lastly, many adults view this book as inappropriate content because of it’s use of its use of foul language. To start off, many parents are beginning to take action in their child's reading life. Because of all of the dramatic titles and covers parents notice that young children are most likely to judge a book by it's cover for example, if there’s an explosion in the background of the cover the child’s first reaction is to pick it up the book because they might believe it's an action book when it's really not. In addition, this book includes racial comments, disabilities, and bullying. Parents don't enjoy this book because it's not teaching their children anything. However, parents also judge a book by its cover too because usually it's the good books that often have a lesson at the end of the story.
As a conclusion, many people view Sherman Alexie's "The absolutely true diary of a part time Indian" as a book with no meaning, but to me it means that you can always find hope no matter what. This includes me because reading his story has allowed me to realize open up to my peers when stuck in a situations. This book might include certain language, but you can learn a lot about yourself.
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